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<< Text Pages >> Lion Cavern Ngwenya - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in South Africa

Submitted by davidmorgan on Sunday, 05 July 2020  Page Views: 779

Multi-periodSite Name: Lion Cavern Ngwenya
Country: South Africa
NOTE: This site is 91.615 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Mbabane  Nearest Village: Ngwenya
Latitude: 26.19256S  Longitude: 31.030530E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4
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Ancient Mine in Eswatini (Swaziland)

Possibly the oldest mine in the world, an iron ore mine dated at 43,000 years old.
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